Thoughts on update

[7upMom]

His tests for mycoplasma were negative. Have an appt next week to go over the rest of his blood workup the immunologist did, should be interesting.

Its good to know what some of the terms are though and appreciate the explanations

I am def going to check into the probiotics then and see what I can find here for any of those that were listed.

[thereishope]

I have a family of 5 on one income that's nothing impressive. I am a major bargain shopper. read your labels on all food you buy. Try to also stay away from high fructose corn syrup (hfcs), food dye (very hard to do this), and buy natural or organic when you can. FDA does not regulate the word "natural" so still read your labels. You be surprised that some generics are better than some name brands. Also, things like organic apples are also sold in bags and around me (when bought in a 3# bag ) is only $2.99. That's only $1/lb! It becomes a whole different lifestyle. The one "splurge" I have is bread. It's hard sometimes hard to find bread w/o hfcs on sale, so I will spend more on that. Oh, ketchup too. But my kids eat so much ketchup that I do spend more to buy organic ketchup w/o hfcs.

 

So biaxin is where in the antibiotic line?? and what are probiotics???

 

 

Biaxin is a macrolide. A cousin of azithromyacin. It will kill things like intracellular strep, lyme and mycoplasma that other abx can't get to.

 

Probiotics are the good bacteria that is necessary for the GI tract to function correctly. Without them people suffer all sorts of issues like digestion problems, diarrhea, yeast overgrowth, leaky gut, etc. Antibiotics kill both the good and the bad bacteria, so when taking an antibiotic it is a good idea to take one to replenish. You can buy them at the grocery store. A good brand is Culturelle. The good ones with a lot of organisms aren't cheap, but it is worth getting a good one. You can't take them at the same time as the antibiotic because it will kill the good bacteria. I try to give them at least 3 hours apart.

 

Wow- hate to admit this, but as far as supplements, I didn't pay as much attention as I think I should be, Just thought I had such a large family there is no way we could switch to gluten free , etc- sort of stuff- for everyone in the house, and buying two sets of groceries when our grocery bill is already outrageous lol was not even an option. But wow- I need to open my eyes- thank you for explaining that, it put some importance on something I have never done or thought was that important ) : sounds like I was way off the mark there.